Health systems in low- and middle-income countries an economic and policy perspective

• Other Authors: Smith, Richard 1968- (Editor), Hanson, Kara (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2011
• Subjects: Delivery of Health Care > economics; Health Policy > economics; Health Care Sector > economics; World Health > economics; Internationality > economics
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Health systems in low- and middle-income countries: an economic and policy perspective outlines the key aspects and issues concerning health systems of low- and middle-income countries, recognising the current global context within which these systems operate and the dynamics of this context. It bri...

Table of Contents:

• What is a 'health system'? / Richard Smith and Kara Hanson
• Health systems and institutions / Lucy Gilson
• Measuring and evaluating performance / Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee
• Revenue collection and pooling arrangements in financing / Di McIntyre and Joseph Kutzin
• Delivering health services : incentives and information in supply-side innovations / Kara Hanson
• Human resources and the health sector / Barbara McPake
• Pharmaceuticals and the health sector / Prashant Yadav, Richard Smith, and Kara Hanson
• The health system and international trade / Richard Smith
• The health system and external financing / Anna Vassall and Melisa Martínez Álvarez
• The health system and wider social determinants of health / Rene Loewenson and Lucy Gilson
• The health system and global changes / Richard Smith
• Global health diplomacy : the 'missing pillar' of health system strengthening / Richard Smith and Kara Hanson.